If you experience problems while you are playing Midtown Madness with a video card selected as the Renderer, setting Texture Quality to Low and switching to a lower resolution (Options menu-Graphics options) may clear things up.

If changing these settings doesn't help, switching to software rendering may also fix the problem. See the procedure below.

Important Note: Midtown Madness automatically resets certain graphics settings whenever you change your renderer or resolution settings. It's a good idea to confirm that all your graphics settings are exactly the way you want them after changing the renderer or resolution settings.

Also, when your Renderer setting is set to Software Renderer, the highest resolution setting you can specify in Midtown Madness is 640x480, and this resolution setting is effective only on high-end machines.

To turn on Software Rendering

1. On any game screen, click Options in the upper right corner.

2. Click Graphics Options.

3. In the Renderer list, click Software Renderer.

4. Click Done.

4.2. List of video cards with known issues

If you are using any of the video cards listed below, you may experience problems playing Midtown Madness. Known workarounds, when available, are included below.

If you experience problems while you are playing Midtown Madness, contact your video card's hardware manufacturer for the latest drivers for your video card. Many manufacturers maintain World Wide Web sites that offer updated drivers and troubleshooting advice for their products. Check this Web site for links to many of the major video card manufacturer's Web sites: